10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We found evidence that supported pairs as the fundamental unit of social structure, although these close associates were not always heterosexual breeding pairs and were sometimes trios. They are not acting like most primates, by the way, but they are acting like people. They are not simply flocking and they are not simply pair bonding.

Parrots 203

Parrots Research Dogs Groups 203

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. A new captive breeding program may be the cats’ last hope. Miracle Babies: Baby Pandas. Tuesday, September 13, at 8P ET/PT.

Pandas 100

Pandas Leopards Gorillas Zoos 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? Many sanctuaries do not permit breeding. The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. Finally, what of the audience?

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Gorillas Zoos Non Human 40

Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. Zoo patrons were shocked to see Barika, a western lowland gorilla, holding a knife and apparently pointing it at another primate in the enclosure. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs.

Zoos 100

Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

which was a comparative look at apparent, visible, often in your face biomass we observe when we as diurnal primates look around us. In short, the answer is that in the United States there are 20 billion birds at the end of the breeding and fledging season, which gets winnowed down to 10 billion by the following early spring.

Cats 181

Cats Boston Ferrets Killing 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2023

On Bush Bush, the main attraction is undoubtedly the pair of native primate species: Red Howler and (Trinidad) White-fronted Capuchin, the latter being critically endangered. Peregrine Falcon We saw many Spotted Sandpipers during our time there, but this one in fresh breeding plumage really made me stop and stare!

Trinidad 29

Trinidad Falcons Primates Monkeys 29

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Flocks of cheerful birds frequent caves and cliffs where they breed. Spending time sitting in amongst massive grazing herds of 500 or more of these primates and observing their fascinating interactions is one of the highlights of Ethiopia. White-billed Starling A beautiful starling belonging to the red-winged starling group.

Ethiopia 268

Ethiopia Eritrea Africa Mammals 268

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators. The helper birds play an important role in the survival of the chicks as well as assisting in excavating a suitable cavity for the breeding pair. The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with.

Congo 264

Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The vast majority of the 10,000+ living species of birds are passerines, and the vast majority of those have a similar system of breeding: Mom and dad bird make a nest and share parental responsibilities roughly equally, if not identically. …because cooperative breeding facilitates defense against brood parasites.

Breeders 200

Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 200

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

Once the breeding season is over these impressively adorned males lose not only their tails but also all their black plumage, and most of their other colors, in order to blend into the brown winter grasslands they inhabit. At the end of each winter I keenly await the spring announcement from the pair that annually breed in my back yard.

Papua New Guinea 239

Papua New Guinea South Africa Africa Zimbabwe 239

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

The clifftop habitats along rocky shores of the North Atlantic (on both sides of the pond) abound in bird biomass during breeding bouts, for instance. There are probably other major trends that depend, for example, on latitude and timing. When Albatross alight in temporal alignment anything else is swamped out.

Mammals 175

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Mammals include Western Lowland Gorilla, Forest Elephant and Forest Buffalo, and eleven diurnal primates. Other primates include Chimpanzee and Putty-nosed Monkey, several duiker antelope species, etc.

Central African Republic 289

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 289

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Here local hunters had known about the colony and for generations had been harvesting the birds by simply picking the adults off their nests during the breeding season. However they will not and cannot breed, and once these individual’s natural lifespans are over, these bird populations will be lost forever.

Ghana 192

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 192